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Grant will be used to boost pay for some Jeffco teachers to more than $100,000 9.24.10 - Top-level teachers in select Jefferson County schools could be paid more than $100,000 a year under a pilot program funded by a new $32.8 million federal grant. Bill Ayers denied emeritus status 9.24.10 - RFK's son: No remorse by Ayers since honoring killer. When retiring University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Bill Ayers co-wrote a book in 1973, it was dedicated in part to Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy's assassin. ... Why celebrate books? 9.24.10 - James H. Billington | This weekend's festival on the Mall offers a reason to celebrate them, even in today's digital world.... Gray, Rhee tightlipped on her future with city 9.24.10 - Deborah Simmons - D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, widely expected to be the city's next mayor, and schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee emerged Thursday from their first private meeting since the Sept. 14 mayoral primary with her employment status likely still up in the air. ... Study: Foster children struggle to learn 9.24.10 - WASHINGTON - Bouncing from home to home exacts a significant toll on a child's ability to learn. ... Failing School System To Get $100 Million From Facebook Founder Zuckerberg Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will donate $100 million to help Newark public schools

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An Interview with Ace Hoffman: How Does the Heart Pump? 9.24.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Statistics is always hard. And everyone learns differently. Even if your teacher recommends five different statistics books, none might be right but our program might be just the thing. Gates R&D Chief Tom Kane on the Nashville Merit Pay Study 9.24.10 - Frederick Hess - In response to my post on the Nashville merit pay study, Gates Foundation research honcho and Harvard professor Tom Kane sent me a really thoughtful, incisive take on the study's limitations. I thought his take so razor-sharp and succinct that I asked if I could share it, and he genially agreed. Nanny State Goes to College 9.24.10 - Lindsey Burke - The Department of Education (DOE) has proposed new rules for accrediting colleges and universities, including expanding the power of states to authorize higher education institutions, definitions of what constitutes a "credit hour," and de facto price controls through measures to ensure graduates' "gainful employment." According to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the new rules